This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Eurobarometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with
their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to
them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about,
whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed the need
for societal change. Additional questions focused on the respondents'
knowledge of and opinions about the European Union (EU), including how
well-informed they felt about the EU, what sources of information
about the EU they used, and whether their country had benefited from
being an EU member. In relation to politics, respondents were asked
whether the process of decision-making about select issues should be
done by their country alone, the EU or jointly, and whether the EU
should develop a constitution and common foreign, defense and security
policies. A major focus of the survey included the euro, EU
enlargement, radioactive waste, family planning, and Internet usage. A
battery of questions was posed to respondents regarding how
well-informed they were about the euro, whether replacing national
currencies with the euro was a good idea, how comfortable they felt
using the euro, and the future effects of the introduction of the
euro. Another set of questions sought respondents' opinions on EU
enlargement including which countries they favored become EU members
and associated criteria for membership, the future effects of
enlargement, how well-informed they were about EU enlargement and what
sources they sought to obtain information regarding this subject. For
the next topic, respondents were asked about how well- informed they
were about radioactive waste, what institutions they would trust in
their country or in other EU countries to provide information about
this subject, production of radioactive waste, waste disposal and the
costs for the construction of an underground disposal site, and their
knowledge and concerns regarding radioactive waste management in their
home countries, the EU, and in countries wishing to join the EU.
Family planning was also addressed by the surveys, as respondents were
queried about their ideal family size, the number of children they
had, how old they were when they had their first child, and how many
children they wanted to have. In addition, the survey asked
respondents whether they used the Internet, and if so, how often and
from what location. Other demographic and background information
provided includes age, gender, nationality, marital status, left-right
political self-placement, occupation, age when stopped full-time
education, household composition, household income, type and size of
locality, and region of residence.

(1) Although the setup files contain references to
Norway, Norway was not a participant in this wave of Eurobarometer
surveys and this collection contains no data for Norway. (2) The
documentation (codebook and SAS, SPSS and Stata setup files) for this
collection contains characters with diacritical marks used in many
European languages. (3) Q65/V382-V383 (FAMILY PLANNING - AGE WHEN 1ST
CHILD): One case coded '6' (6 years) was recoded "0" (NA) in V382 and
V383. (4) D8/V389-V390: For 2 respondents the indicated AGE "WHEN
STOPPED FULL-TIME EDUCATION" was too high for the ACTUAL AGE
(D11/V362). The cases were recoded to NA (code 0) in V389 and
V390. There are 65 MISSING CASES that are coded '2' (STUDENT) in
D15A/V393, which have been recoded to '98' in V389, and to '10' in
V390 (STILL STUDYING). (5) P6/V423: Value labels seem to indicate that
value 4 would be "100.001 and more inhabitants", but it is not clear
from the documentation. Caution should be taken when using this
variable. (6) P7_GB/V448, V461: Please notice erroneous coding for
basic British regions in P7 and accordingly in all derived
variables. At least GREATER LONDON ('16') and KENT ('18') seemed to be
exchanged and therefore have been corrected in the present data set
edition. These variables should only be used with caution.

Citizens of the EU aged 15 and over residing in the 15 EU
member countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

2006-11-17 The data have been further processed by
the ZA, the SPSS setup file and the codebook have been updated, SAS
and Stata setup files, an SPSS portable file, a SAS transport file,
and a Stata system file have been added.

2004-02-27 All embargoes have been lifted and
previously embargoed data are now available

Notes

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